Kali Puja revellers attack CPM party office

KOLKATA: Revellers, who were part of a Kali Puja immersion procession, The immersion party of a Kali puja

attacked a CPM local committee office at Beleghata's Sarkar Bazar and assaulted some of the party members on Thursday night. The procession was passing through the Sarkar Bazar area when suddenly some of the revellers started hurling immersion party members hurled

crackers at the CPM local committee members, injuring two of them. An FIR was lodged against seven persons.

When the party members protested, they allegedly assaulted them. "When we opposed the hurling of crackers at us, the youths immediately came forward and attacked us. They punched Kartik Das's nose and he had started to bleed profusely. Septuagenarian Dulal Banerjee was also hit on the head and he had to be given several stitches," He also had several stitches on his head because of the multiple injuries,

said Sarkar Bazar local CPM committee secretary Sukumar Dutta. He further alleged that the attackers were all Trinamool Congress supporters and hurled crackers without provocation. "We never expected such an attack, as we have never got into any political trouble with anybody in the locality," he said. However, Trinamool Congress spokesperson said that the allegation was baseless and internal feuds within CPM had triggered the attack. tnnas it was the internal party feud within the CPM party. They are now putting the blame on outsiders.